Best Dividend Paying Stock List As Of August 2011

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Best Dividend Paying Stocks Lists By Dividend Yield – Stock, Capital, Investment. It is important for investors to select stocks with more than one interesting buy criteria. Interesting stocks must have good operational and profitability ratios, strong growth figures. Finally, they must be attractive valuated. I’ve tried to summarize these criteria’s and screened a dividend list (from low-yield to high-yield paying stocks) of 30 stocks with interesting performance and valuation figures. Stocks from the sheet are mid- and large caps (market capitalization of more than USD 1 billion) with double digit long-term earnings growth rates (8 percent minimum for revenue growth and more than 10 percent earnings per share growth). Additional criteria’s are the return on investment for the capital efficiency and operating margin in order to indicate the profitability of the company. As pricing criteria’s, I decided to choose the price to earnings ratio, dividend yield and price to book ratio. Here are details of my criteria’s:

2. Amgen (AMGN) is acting within the healthcare/biotech industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 50.9 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 15.2 billion and a net income of USD 4.6 billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 11.4, Price/Sales 3.3 and Price/Book ratio 2.1. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 2.1 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 0 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 0 percent | Dividends Since 1997

3. BHP Billiton (BBL) is acting within the industrial metals and minerals industry. The company has a market capitalization of USD 200.1 billion, generates revenues in an amount of USD 62.4 billion and a net income of USD 17.1 Billion. It follows Price/Earnings ratio is 12.3, Price/Sales 3.6 and Price/Book ratio 4.3. Here are additional dividend information: Dividend Yield: 2.4 percent | Years of Consecutive Dividend Increasing: 8 Years | 5-Year Dividend Growth: 24.76 percent | Dividends Since 2002 |

Take a closer look at the full list. The average dividend yield amounts to 3.48 percent while the average price to earnings ratio is 14.49. Stocks grew with 17.35 percent in revenues and 18.23 percent in earnings per share over the past decade. The average operating margin is 28.11 percent and the return on investment finally 18.52 (5-year average).